Blogs: New Energy

A second environmental panel at Netroots Nation focused on "Debunking The Issue Silo Myth," the myth that environmental issues only exist in their own "silo," when in fact they are directly relevant to economic growth, poverty, health and national security issues. more »

At Netroots Nation, Mark Sumner of Energize America talks to me about how blogs can help build strong support for a clean energy future. more »

In a Hill article about certain Washington Democrats skittish about the timing of Al Gore's call to "end our reliance on carbon-based fuels," Rep. more »

Earlier this week, MoveOn's Tom Matzzie raised the alarm about the success the alliance of conservatives and Big Oil has had in convincing voters that massive amounts of new drilling for oil is essential to solve our energy crisis. And he was right to.

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In Bush's call for coastal drilling, even he wouldn't claim that it would lower gas prices. more »

Oil company CEO says it plain: "I can’t see oil getting cheap again ever. It’s just too hard to find, and too many people want to use it." more »

Nuclear power is about to rise from the grave like a reanimated zombie, and it looks like we're going to have a harder and harder time escaping some very brain-dead discussion about it. Neither supporters nor opponents seems to be even remotely aware of emerging second-generation nuclear technologies that pretty much render every argument on either side absolutely wrong. more »

Per the reporting I've done for my book and for the New York Times magazine on Western populism and energy politics, check this out this story from the Associated Press. more »

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis archway, which I visited yesterday, may bill itself as the gateway to the West, but the real gateway this election to the West for Democrats could be through oil and gas politics. more »

The facts on coastal drilling are coming out. Poll-driven politicians, beware. more »